eccitare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
- excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- flush verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
- heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
- kindle verb To light or start a fire.
- thrill verb To give someone a sudden rush of excitement or pleasure.
- wire noun A thin, flexible strand of metal, used to carry electricity or for fastening, fencing, and similar purposes.
Senses
eccitare is used for these senses in English:
- arouse (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
- arouse (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
- excite (transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
- excite (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
- flush To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- get off (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- heat (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- thrill (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
arouse — full definition
- verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
- verb To sexually excite someone.
- verb To wake someone from sleep.
excite — full definition
- verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.